Apple has released the HP Printer Driver 1.1 via its Software Update utility and on the Web. According to the company, the HP Printer Driver Update includes the latest drivers for printers you have used on your system. The update will only be visible in Software Update if the printer is connected to your computer or a print queue has been created for an earlier version. The HP Printer Driver 1.1 weighs in at 405.1MB. It requires Mac OS X 10.5.3 or later.

The open source driver I have does OK: Gutenprint v5.1.3 and I think 5.2.x for Mac OSX is out. Is there any advantage to the new Apple drivers? For older printers it seems unlikely that there's much improvement. No?